Sec. 17a-485. Community Mental Health Strategic Investment Fund.
Sec. 17a-485. Community Mental Health Strategic Investment Fund. (a) There
is established within the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services an account in the General Fund to be known as the "Community Mental Health Strategic
Investment Fund". The account shall contain all moneys required by law to be deposited
in the account and shall be held separate and apart from all other money, funds and
accounts. Investment earnings from any moneys in the account shall be credited to the
account and shall become part of the assets of the account. Any balance remaining in
the account at the end of any fiscal year shall not lapse and shall be available for use
for the fiscal year next succeeding.
(b) The account established under subsection (a) of this section shall be used to
provide assistance for persons with mental illness, including, but not limited to, eligible
households, as defined in section 17a-484a, and such persons who are community-supervised offenders supervised by the executive or judicial branch, and children or
youths not within the care of the Department of Children and Families for the development of new or expanded community-based clinical and nonclinical facilities, related
mental health services and supportive housing for persons with mental health needs.
(c) Within the account established under subsection (a) of this section, there shall
be two subaccounts: (1) A community mental health restoration subaccount for the
purpose of providing financial assistance for new or expanded community-based mental
health facilities and services, including, but not limited to, rental subsidies, case management, assertive community treatment teams, intensive residential programs, specialized
treatment programs, hospital outpatient behavioral health services, regional independent
living grants, multicultural services, training, technical assistance and evaluation, and
grants to nonprofit providers for the enhancement of home and community-based services for the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and emotional
disturbance among children and youths from birth through transition to adult services;
and (2) a supportive housing enhancement subaccount for the purpose of carrying out
section 17a-485c.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-8, S. 1, 13; P.A. 06-196, S. 127.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-8 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsecs. (b) and (C),
effective June 7, 2006.